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Canada to acquire five to six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships
Canadaās defence policy ā Strong, Secure, Engaged (SSE) ā commits to acquiring five to six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS), designated the Harry...
Japan to receive 3,900-ton destroyers of a new type
On December 22, the Japanese government approved a record draft defence budget for fiscal 2018 totaling 5.19 trillion yen ($46 billion) amid the growing...
Firing trials of new Sea Ceptor successfully complete on board HMS Argyll
The second ship fitted with Sea Ceptor has also conducted a successful firing to verify the weapon system upgrade, said UK Ministry of Defence.
The...
U.S. Marine Corps phases out the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system
U.S.Ā Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 prepared the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System for its final flight during Exercise Steel Knight in Twentynine...
U.S. Navy commissions fifth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship
The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Little Rock (LCS 9) āā the nation's fifth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) āā on the Buffalo River onĀ Dec....
Russian Navy orders Manul combat hovercraft
TheĀ Russian NavyĀ is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces awarded a contract to "Central Design Bureau Neptune" company for two "Manul"Ā (project 23321) light-weight...
Ukrainian Naval Aviation receives Kamov Ka-226 multirole helicopter
The Ukrainian Naval Aviation expects to receive Kamov Ka-226 multirole helicopter, said Ukrainian entrepreneur and volunteer Daulet Beisembayev.
āUkrainian Naval Aviation will receive a new...
Ukraine to bid on Brazilian TamandarƩ class corvette programme
With the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federative Republic of Brazil, a delegation...
New Type-056A guided-missile frigate joins Chinese Navy
The commissioning, naming and flag-granting ceremony for the Type-056A frigate Suining (Hull 551) was held at a PLA Navy's pier in southern Guangdong province...
Polish Navy gets modern ORP Kormoran minehunter
The ORP Kormoran minehunter has joined theĀ Polish Navy,Ā the military branch of the Polish Armed Forces.
The flag-hoisting ceremony was held on board the ship at...
Russian fighter jet intercept US P-8A Poseidon aircraft over Black Sea
After US P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was seen going through the international airspace the Black Sea, Russia has sent fighter jets to intercept.
AccordingĀ to...
China conducts maritime exercise with LCACs in waters of the South China Sea
TheĀ People's Liberation Army Navy, also known as theĀ PLA Navy, released photos fromĀ maritime exercise in waters of the South China Sea.
During the exercise, were involved...
New Russian Karakurt-class missile corvette launched at Pella Leningrad Shipyard
Pella Leningrad Shipyard in St. Petersburg, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has launched the new Russian Project 22800 (Karakurt-class) missile corvette,...
USS Coronado departs U.S 7th Fleet after successful Indo-Asia-Pacific deployment
The littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) departed the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) Nov 21 after supporting theater security cooperation...
Russia to launch new project 22800 missile corvette in November
A first Russian Project 22800 (Karakurt-class) missile corvette, named Typhoon,Ā is set to launch in November at the shipbuilding company Pella in St. Petersburg.
The newĀ Russian...
CONTROP wins contract to provide significant number of Maritime EO/IR payloads to the Vietnamese Navy
CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. ā a company specializing in the field of electro-optics and IR defense and homeland security solutions ā wins a contract...
Lockheed Martin delivering next-generation Apache sensor systems under new U.S. Army contract
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received $337 million in orders to supply Apache
Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MāTADS/PNVS) systems and services to...
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine awarded contract to build LCS 27
The U.S. Navy awarded the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) team a contract to build an additional LCS. The contract...